CVE-2024-22189CWE-770

QUIC's Connection ID Mechanism vulnerable to Memory Exhaustion Attack

High · published April 4, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

quic-go is an implementation of the QUIC protocol in Go. Prior to version 0.42.0, an attacker can cause its peer to run out of memory sending a large number of `NEW_CONNECTION_ID` frames that retire old connection IDs. The receiver is supposed to respond to each retirement frame with a `RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID` frame. The attacker can prevent the receiver from sending out (the vast majority of) these `RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID` frames by collapsing the peers congestion window (by selectively acknowledging received packets) and by manipulating the peer's RTT estimate. Version 0.42.0 contains a patch for the issue. No known workarounds are available.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01109 · 65.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2024-04-04T14:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 APR 14:25Z
    QUIC's Connection ID Mechanism vulnerable to Memory Exhaustion Attack
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